INDEX 



Abdominal respiration, 324 

 Abnormal pulses, 291 

 Absorption, in general, 13 



from stomach, 490 



of fats, 722 

 Acapnia, 306 



Accessory food factors, 618 

 Acetoacetic acid, 715, 738 

 Acetone, 715, 738 

 Acid : 



buffer action, 36 



excretion of, by kidneys, 47 



chemistry of fatty, 718 



total concentration of, 32 

 Acidity, actual degree of, 23 

 Acidosis : 



ammonia-urea ratio during, 650 



compensated, 39 



in diabetes, 715 



in nephritis, 715 



in starvation, 602, 603 



relation to alveolar CO,, 371 



relationship to breathing, 371 



theory of, 38 



uncompensated, 39 

 Acids, of urine, 558 

 Acromegaly, 816 



Action currents in skeletal muscle, 906 

 Actual degree of acidity and alkalinity, 



23 



Adaptation, sensory, 862 

 Addison's disease, 772 

 Adenine, 667, 669 

 Adenosine, 671 

 Adrenal glands, 768 



and diabetes, 708, 790 

 assaying content of, 779 

 cortex of, 776 

 disease of, in man, 772 

 medulla of, 770 

 sexual precocity and, 776 

 Adrenaline (see Epinephrine) 

 Adsorption, 66 



compounds, 71 



conditions influenced by, 68 



effect of chemical forces on, 69 



effect of electric changes on, 68 



everyday reactions depending on, 67 



of gases, 67 



Afferent nerves, segmental distribution 

 of, 866 



Afferent paths: 



in spinal cord, 868 

 in brain-stem, 871 

 of spinal reflexes, 872 

 of visceral reflexes, 873 

 of cerebellar reflexes, 874 

 After discharge, 915 



effect on creatinine excretion, 657 

 Alanine, 634, 635, 636, 639, 698 

 Albolene absorption, 723 

 Albuminuria, 552 



Alkali retention, determination of, 48 

 Alkaline buffer, 36 

 Alkaline reserve, 38 



measurement of, 41 

 Alkaptonuria, 536 

 Allantoin, 668, 672, 678 

 Allied reflexes, simultaneous combina- 

 tion of, 945, 946 

 successive combination of, 946 

 Allocheiria, 859 

 All-or-none law: 



of conduction, 837, 839 



of contraction of skeletal muscle, 



908 



of contraction of heart muscle, 177 

 Alloxan, 668 

 Alveolar air: 



clinical investigation of, 364 

 estimation of gases in, 361 

 Fridericia method, 357 

 Haldane method, 357 

 Pearce method, 362 

 tension of CO 2 , 46, 361, 373 



during breathing in confined space, 



366 



tension of oxygen, 362 

 Ambard's equation, 562 

 Amboceptor, 97 

 -Amino acids, 634 

 in blood, 641 

 chemistry of, 634 

 determination of, 635 

 fate of, 645 

 groups, 636, 638 

 in growth, 609 

 in tissues, 642 

 in urine, 564, 654 

 structure of, 638, 639 

 Aminoacetic acid (see Glycocoll} 

 Aminopropionic acid (see Alanine) 



973 



